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Claudia Ulbrich

Claudia Ulbrich

Claudia Ulbrich

Claudia Ulbrich
Ph.D. student (Scholarship holder 08/2012-01/2013)
Associated Ph.D. student (02/2013- )
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Werner Nell
Mentor: PD Dr. Ralph Buchenhorst

Overview

Indigenous-German Relations in Pennsylvania and Georgia
in the Second Half of the 18th Century

My dissertation project focuses on (self-)representations of and interactions between European settlers and American Indian populations before and during the Revolutionary period (1740-1790) in the mid-Atlantic region. Assuming that encounters in the (early) colonial period were neither one-sided, nor did they occur along a monolithic frontier, the mid-Atlantic region appears as a compendium of change and continuity that all the participating groups had a share in and contributed to. By looking at German-speaking Pietist communities and their ways of engaging with what they experienced as a ‘New World’, I seek to examine the impacts that Indigenous cultures had on these newcomers and to what extent we can speak of ‘indigenization’ as a collective phenomenon.

I am particularly interested in the process of knowledge in motion where landscape and gender is concerned with regard to Indigenous and Pietist communities. Therefore, the main focus is on the ways in which spirituality is derived from the land and the connection of land and gender, marking natural surroundings as gendered space. By contrasting and uncovering the entanglements of gendered spaces in metaphors and narratives, the project intends to explore and portray a landscape that involved a complex pattern of individual borders and the crossings thereof by various actors in the region of today´s Pennsylvania and Georgia in the second half of the 18th century.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

08/2010Summer school “Introduction to working with handwritten scripts and old prints” (Study Center August Hermann Francke, Francke Foundations, August 23-27, 2010)
09/2009Admission to the graduate program “Sprache – Literatur – Gesellschaft“ (Language – Literature – Society) at the International Graduate Academy (InGrA), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Seit 05/2009Doctoral candidate in American Studies at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, research project “Indigenous-German Relations in Pennsylvania in the Second Half of the 18th Century“ (working title),
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Werner Nell and Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Grabbe
11/2008 – 07/2010Continuing education program as certified trainer for non-violent conflict management and transcultural learning (European Institute Conflict-Culture-Cooperation)
10/2008 – 08/2010Advanced training in didactics and teaching at universities (“Erfolgreich Lehren“), funded by the Human Resource Department of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
10/2001 – 05/2005German as a Foreign Language (Additional study program; certificate)
10/1997 – 07/2008MA in American and British Studies (major), Slavic Studies (1st minor), and Media and Communication Studies (2nd minor) at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; passed with distinction
Master’s thesis: Re-Evaluating the Roles of Plains Indian Women
07/1997Abitur (A-level exams, focus on modern languages: Russian, English, French)

Professional activities

since 03/2010Secretary of the Siberian Studies Center at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Halle; e.g. administrative and service support to international researchers, text translation and editing (English-German, Russian-German), updating of webpages
10/2009 – 03/2010Associate lecturer at the Department of Angloamerican Cultural Studies, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
since 05/2009Freie Trainerin beim Friedenskreis Halle e.V.; Seminare zu konstruktiver Konfliktbearbeitung mit Kindern und Jugendlichen sowie Fortbildungen mit Multiplikator/innen- zu Werten, Demokratie, Anti-Rassismus und transkulturellem Lernen in Kindertagesstätten
07/2008 – 01/2011Übersetzung (Deutsch-Englisch; konsekutiv / simultan) bei der Familienberatung mit ausländischen Klienten im Familienzentrum „faz“ Halle
07/2008 – 03/2010Member of staff at the International Office, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; support and advancement of service to international doctoral students (STIBET program funded by DAAD), e.g. organization of German language classes, intercultural seminars, development of the PhD network
01/2009 – 12/2009Project manager at the Center for United States Studies, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Administration and event management, e.g. compact courses for undergraduate students, advanced training of teachers
04/2004 – 07/2008Student assistant at the Department of German Studies, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg with the German Department Partnership Halle-Arkhangelsk (GIP program funded by DAAD); co-organization of conferences and support service to visiting Russian scholars and students
10/2003 – 01/2005
06/2002 – 12/2002		Student assistant at Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Halle (Saale); e.g. homepage editing, IT tutor, support with processing and analyzing of field work data (incl. photo and video material) and text editing (English-German)
06/2000 – 09/2000Englischlehrerin im Bereich Mitarbeiterfortbildung bei der Teutloff-Schulung und Schweißtechnische Bildung Gemeinnützige GmbH, Schönebeck (Elbe)
11/1998 – 07/1999Englischlehrerin im Bereich Mitarbeiterfortbildung bei der Dow Chemical Company, Schkopau

Educational Stays Abroad, Field Work, Study Trips

05/2009 – 07/2009Research associate at the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; research for PhD thesis at various institutions in Pennsylvania (American Philosophical Society, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Library Company and others)
05/2006 – 07/2006Research and field work at the Native American Studies Department, Montana State University Bozeman, Montana, USA for MA thesis
08/2005Participation in the International Summer School for Macedonian Language, Literature, and Culture, Sveti Kiril I Metod University Skopje in Ohrid, Macedonia
02/2003 – 06/2003Exchange student at Voronezh State University, Russian Federation
08/1999 – 05/2000Exchange student at Montana State University Bozeman, Montana, USA

Scholarships and Grants

since 04/2010Postgraduate Scholarship ot the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs of Saxony-Anhalt for working on the dissertation
05/2009Travel Grant  ot he European Association for American Studies (EAAS) and financial support through the Women’s Advancement Program of Martin Luther University for a two-month research stay in Pennsylvania
02-03/2005DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Teaching Assistant Scholarship for Pomor State University Arkhangelsk, Russian Federation
since 01/2005Regular third-party fundraising (e.g. DAAD; State Center for Political Education of Saxony-Anhalt; MLU Student Council; Studentenwerk Halle; Society  ot he Friends and Sponsors of Martin Luther University)  ot he  organization of workshops and seminars as well as the development  ot he MLU PhD Network

University Teaching

WS 2009/10Department of Angloamerican Cultural Studies, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany; undergraduate courses in American cultural history and American Indian history:
Seminar „Dissent in America“
Seminar „New Indian History“
Compact course „The American West“
Compact course „American Founding Myths and National Identity“
SS 2009Workshop „Neither Princess, Nor Squaw: The Roles of Plains Indian Women“ at the VII Halle American Studies compact course „Gender and Sexuality in American History and Culture“, May 8-10, 2009, Leucorea Foundation, Wittenberg, Germany
02-03/2005Teaching assistant at the Department of German Studies, Pomor State University Arkhangelsk, Russian Federation; undergraduate courses in German literature and cultural studies

Publications

„Traumatized Masculinities?   J.M. Coetzee’s Disgrace and Sherman   Alexie’s Indian Killer“ in Thomas   Bremer and Katalin Kurtösi (eds.), Proceedings   ot he 6th International Doctoral Student Conference on Interculturalism (forthcoming).

Leitfaden für internationale Promotionsstudierende / Information Guide for International PhD   Students (in German and English, with Regine Brandt), Halle: Martin   Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 2010.
Online available: http://aaa.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/promotion/allgemeine_infos_fuer_phds

Presentations, Conference and Workshop Organization (Selected)

May 19,2011,
upcoming		Presentation “On Indigenous-German Pietist Relations in 18th Century Pennsylvania” (Annual Conference ot he Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, Sacramento, USA)
February 2, 2011Presentation “Turning the Turns – Zu indigenen Ansätzen in den Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften” (Research colloquium of Comparative and Cultural Studies, Department of German Studies, MLU)
December 3-5, 2010“Soft Science, Hard Skills – Communicative Competence Seminar for International PhD Students”, workshop together with Elisabeth Mack, organizer and co-chair, Jugendherberge (Youth hostel) Dessau
December 2, 2010Presentation “Henry Melchior Muhlenberg (1711-1787) – From Halle to Pennsylvania: Loops and Crossroads“, as part of the lecture series “In the footsteps of Martin Luther“, Public Library Halle)
November 24, 2010“Activity-oriented text production in class using the example of Christa Wolf’s Medea“, workshop together with Dr. Jürgen Krätzer (Myths in Culture, Science, Literature and History, Pomor State University, Arkhangelsk, Russian Federation, November 23-25, 2010)
November 13, 2010Presentation “Turning the Turns: Indigenous Approaches to Literary and Cultural Studies“ (Approaching Literary and Cultural Theory, 9th Annual Student and Graduate Conference, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany, November 13-15, 2010)
November 7, 2010Presentation “On Native American-German Pietist Relations in 18th Century Pennsylvania“ (American Studies Postgraduate Forum, Leipzig, Germany, November 5-7, 2010)
October 8-10, 2010“Welcome and orientation weekend for international students at Martin Luther University”, workshop together with Elisabeth Mack as part of the international relations and ERASMUS program at MLU, Jugendherberge (Youth hostel) Quedlinburg
June 25-27, 2010“Living Europe – Coming back from a study stay abroad“, workshop together with Friderike Lange and Elisabeth Mack as part of the international relations and ERASMUS program at MLU, CVJM Jugendbildungs- und Begegnungsstätte, Schönebeck
June 11, 2010Co-organizing the opening of the Library of German Home Country Journals and Periodicals, Zuchau, supported by the Homeland Association Saxony-Anhalt (Landesheimatbund Sachsen-Anhalt)
June 2-7, 2010Co-organizing the study trip „Minnesingers and Patrons. The Experience of Medieval Literature on the Ground“ supported by the Homeland Association Saxony-Anhalt and the Center for Medieval Studies at Otto Friedrich University Bamberg
November 13-15, 2009“2. Intercultural Seminar for International PhD Students“, workshop together with Kristin Draheim, organizer and co-chair, Schloss Mansfeld
September 18, 2009Presentation „Murdered Masculinities? Sherman Alexie’s Indian Killer (1996) and J.M. Coetzee’s Disgrace (1999)“ (Contacts of Literatures and Cultures: North and South – 6th International Doctoral Student Conference on Interculturalism, Accademia D’Ungheria in Rome, Italy, September 18-19, 2009)
May 8-10, 2009Co-organizing the VII Halle American Studies Seminar “Gender and Sexuality in History and Culture”, Stiftung Leucorea, Wittenberg
December 12-14, 2008“1. Intercultural Seminar for International PhD Students“, workshop together with Kristin Draheim, organizer and co-chair, European Youth Education and Meeting Center (EJBW) Weimar
December 4, 2008“Innovation and Interaction: On Project Development in Mixed [i.e. student/teacher] Groups”, workshop together with Elisabeth Mack, (New Approaches ot he Didactics and Methodology of Teaching German at Secondary Schools and Universities, Stiftung Leucorea, Wittenberg, December 1-5, 2008)
September 18-19, 2007Workshop “How to interview people for your radio feature“ (Annual Workshop Week of the Intercultural Media Project mediAH, Pomor State University Arkhangelsk, Russian Federation, September 16-26, 2007)
May 11, 2007Presentation “Development and Perspectives of the Intercultural Media Project mediAH“ (Education in an Intercultural Information Society, Pomor State University Arkhangelsk, Russian Federation, May 10-13, 2007)
November 10, 2006Presentation “Status quo of the Intercultural Media Project mediAH“ (Intercultural Knowledge Society, Pomor State University Arkhangelsk, Russian Federation, November 8-11, 2006)
December 3, 2005Presentation “Presenting the Intercultural Media Project mediAH“ (German-Russian German Studies: Results, Perspectives and Desiderata of Cooperation, Russian State University for Humanities (RGGU), Moscow, Russian Federation, December 2-3, 2005); mediAH is online http://www.mediah.de   

Languages

German: native
English: fluent in speaking, reading, and writing
Russian: fluent in speaking, reading, and writing
Macedonian, French:good knowledge
Latin, Old Greek: basic knowledge

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